Chemicals • North America

Methanex Corporation

HEADQUARTERS: Brazil Strategic Hub • FOUNDED: 1915

DESTRUCTION SCORE 89/100

Corporative Audit Overview

A dominant force in the Chemicals sector, Methanex Corporation maintains a complex global operation spanning North America. Recent environmental audits highlight significant ecological challenges resulting from their industrial output and resource extraction methods.

Carbon tracked (CO2) 118 Mt 88 Mt Scope 1/2

Deforestation Index 289 HA Primary forest cleared

Litigated Infractions 949 Incidents $2175.4M Paid Fines

Climate Lobbying $102.7M Emission opposition focused

Timeline of Global Infractions & Audits

2023 Tailings Dam Seepage

Independent geological audits exposed structural seepage and safety cracks in Methanex Corporation's key industrial waste slurry reservoirs.

2024 Heavy Metal Discharges

Toxic acidic runoff containing high quantities of heavy metals leaked into regional municipal aquifers, exceeding legal bio-safety thresholds.

Live Sensor Logging Watch

ANOMALY Toxic Outflow Incident

Downstream automated sensors detected elevated cadmium and arsenic leaching from Methanex Corporation's secondary smelting site in Mexico.

2024-05-12

ENFORCEMENT Slurry Management Fine

Mexico environmental board levied a $17.0M USD civil penalty for inadequate tailings pond liners.

2024-03-28

DATA_SYNC Biotoxicity Score Sync

Updated annual soil and water bio-toxicity metrics in our index, adjusting the local risk level upward by 22%.

2024-01-15

PROBE Subsurface Acidification Probe

Scientific taskforce launched an investigation into historical sub-surface leaching into the municipal watershed.

2023-11-20

Executive Directors

Robert Garcia

Chief Executive

David Brown

Head of ESG Strategy

Sub-brands & Subsidiaries

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